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MICHAEL ROBERT REITZ
Captain · U.S. Army
August 1, 1944 – September 4, 1969
Service recordMichael Robert Reitz, of Cuba, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Cuba, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 34
- CHARLES ELBERT LONGSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- MARVIN JOHN LOUVIEREPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL LYONS IIISecond Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- STEVEN LEROY PESSIERSergeant · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 31
- JOHN EDWARD KLINGENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 33
- RICHARD ALLEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 35
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.